POLICE

most accurate information possible, and sometimes that information takes time,” Littleton Police Department spokesperson Sheera Poelman wrote in an email to members of the media on Feb. 8. “Based on this video it has come to light that the motorcycle did not in fact crash, but yes, in fact, was contacted by a patrol vehicle.”

When a member of the Littleton Police Department is involved in a “deadly force encounter,” external teams investigate the incident, according to a statement from the police department.

Poelman said the Littleton Police Department is not privy to what information is happening in the external investigation and does not have the authority to release information from it.

Reporting sta at 9 News obtained cell phone video of the security footage on Feb. 8 and contacted the Littleton Police Department. e external investigation team and the department then decided to release obtained from o cials, including herself, who visited the scene the morning of the incident and saw the motorcycle which appeared to them to have crashed.

“ e information contained in that release, including that the motorcycle had crashed, was very preliminary information, obtained in the early hours of the scene, and was the most accurate information that LPD had at the time,” a Feb. 8 statement from the department said.

At the time of the initial press release, the o cer who shot Stephen Poolson Jr. had not yet been interviewed, Poelman said. Policy requires the involved o cer to be physically separated from investigators in order to avoid potential bias in these incidents, she said.

A statement from the police department said they plan to release body camera footage and any additional video/audio/or pertinent information that will convey as much information as possible to the public upon completion of the investigation.